Is shopping the new Thanksgiving tradition?

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FILE - With coupons and flyers in hand, customers rush into Best Buy at midnight in search of good deals during Black Friday. In recent years, retailers have pushed opening hours ever earlier, and this year is no exception.

EVANSVILLE - In the Black Friday of the not-so-distant past, shoppers lined up for store openings at 6 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving. If a retailer was really pushing the envelope, its stores might open at 5 a.m.